Feb 2, 2026

ISHI-kai OpenMPW

ISHI-kai (Inter-linked Society on Homemade IC Kai)
https://ishikai.connpass.com/event/382637/

The name was conceived from a society community (association) that deals with open (democratized) silicon semiconductor (ASIC/LSI/IC) and connects various R&D fields.

OpenMPW (Open Multi Project Wafer), which appeared as a pioneer of this, is a shuttle program born with Google's investment in Efabless, and is open and free of charge for semiconductors (ASIC/LSI/ICs), including the tools necessary for making semiconductors (ASIC/LSI/IC) to ISHI manufacturing in the fab. IC). This is exactly the "openness of semiconductors (ASIC/LSI/IC) and EDA/PDK" of the open source movement (democratization of software) that started with GNU! [read more...]

Time Title Speakers Contents
20:00 - 20:30 End-to-end open-source Digital IC Design Participation Report @jun1okamura/OpenSUSI -
20:30 - 21:00 Various event reports such as academic conferences @nishizawa#2174 -
21:00 - 21:30 I thought about the application of self-made LSIs that are no longer a niche Yuuki Umeta/Newcomer Although the base of self-made LSIs is expanding, there are still aspects that are established by public subsidies and donations from major companies. Therefore, it cannot be said that there is an established business model (with long-term financial sustainability). I thought it would be a hint for many people, so I thought about how to apply it like brainstorming.
21:30 - 22:00 The Game Participation Experience Report @reodon -
22:00 - 22:30 About the AX1001 SoC for SWEST27 Robots & IoT Edge Susumu Yamazaki/SWEST27 Executive Committee & Associate Professor, Kitakyushu City University This is a lecture given by Mr. Takeoka of Axe Co., Ltd. in SWEST27. The AX1001, a proprietary SoC developed for robots and IoT edges, is equipped with the ROS2rapper IP, which is a completely hardware-based ROS2 communication unit. At the same time, it is also equipped with a "Shochiku V" CPU that is an independent expansion of RISC-V. Shochiku V has multi-threaded control and semaphore by hardware, and realizes RTOS-equivalent functions only with hardware. Shochiku V also has an 8-bit floating-point vector arithmetic mechanism for ML and a Lisp/Prolog acceleration instruction.
22:30 - 23:00 Launch report of the ISHI Kai's GPS system on the Kagoshima rocket @noritsuna We will have the GPS system for rockets being created by the ISHI Association installed on the Kagoshima rocket and participate in the launch experiment. Therefore, we will report on the GPS system and the work of the rocket until the launch and the launch itself.
23:00 - Chat Corner Everyone -

ToM2026 – XX Year

Topics on Microelectronics
(ToM2026) – XX Year
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Italian National Ph.D. Program in Micro- and Nano-Electronics
Updated information: www.mbtechnoservices.com
Directors: Andrea Baschirotto & Piero Malcovati

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the “Topics on Microelectronics” Courses and in consideration of the collaboration with the National Ph.D. Program in Micro- and Nano-Electronics, the Chips-IT Foundation, and IEEE-SSCS Italy, this year the first course will be held in Torre dell'Orso, Puglia, in a setting designed to bring together instructors and participants in an environment of outstanding natural beauty. The second course will be held at the more familiar venue of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

For both courses, the format remains consistent, comprising 15 lessons of 3 hours each, delivered by recognized experts in the field of Microelectronics from both academia and research, as well as from industry. Additionally, the courses are characterized by a strong multidisciplinary approach, due to the dense nature of the covered topics. This choice is motivated by the goal of providing an increasingly broad-based preparation for Ph.D. students.

Finally, it is an honor to complement the first ToM course of the twentieth year with a lecture by Professor Pieter Harpe, who serves as a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE-SSCS, as part of the activities of the SSCS Italian Chapter.

IEEE-SSCS Distinguished Lecture Program

Monday, June 8, 2026 – 09:00–12:00 P. Harpe (Eindhoven University of Technology)
“ADC Innovations for Improved Resolution, Power and Form Factor”
“Ultra low power SAR ADCs and versatile, dynamic sensor interfaces”

ToM2026/1 – Course Program (June 8–10, 2026)

Venue: Hotel Belvedere, Torre dell'Orso – Melendugno (LE), Italy

Monday, June 8, 2026

16:00–19:00 D. M. Mattes (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy)
“Analog Design in 7nm-CMOS-FinFET”

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

09:00–12:00 G. Frattini (Analog Devices, Italy)
“What does it take to build a System-In-Package with HV galvanic isolation”

16:00–19:00 C. Forzan (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
“Digital Design Flow: a Journey from Synthesis to Signoff”

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

09:00–12:00 L. Pilotto (ChipsIT Foundation, Italy)
“Introduction to Sub-THz Circuit Design”

16:00–19:00 P. Malcovati (University of Pavia, Italy)
“MEMS and Integrated Microsystems: From Fabrication to Interface Circuits”

ToM2026/2 – Course Program (October 12–14, 2026)

Venue: University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

Monday, October 12, 2026

14:00–17:00 Q. Li (TU Hamburg, Germany)
“High-Resolution SAR ADC with closed loop time-domain comparison”

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

09:00–12:30 E. Sacchi (Cadence, Italy)
“Electromagnetics in RFICs and RF systems design”

14:00–17:30 M. Demicheli (ChipsIT Foundation, Italy)
“DC-DC conversion techniques”

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

09:00–12:30 M. Sampietro (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy)
“Fighting against electronic noise: how to reach attoAmpere signal detection”

14:00–17:30 M. Chiabrera (Inventvm, Italy)
“Technique and challenges in low latency – low power audio digital design”

Further information and on-line registration 
are available at www.mbtechnoservices.com

Jan 30, 2026

[report] OpenSUSI Open Source Ecosystem in Japan

Jun Okamura
Open Source Ecosystem in Japan, New OSS Design Activities
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine (Winter 2025)
DOI: 10.1109/MSSC.2025.3634946

The Open Source Utilized Silicon Initiatives (OpenSUSI), established in April 2024 as a nonprofit organization, released an open source 1μm CMOS technology document and the original PDK known as TR-1um [1], on its GitHub repository. The technology was provided by TOKAI RIKA Co., Ltd. [2]. Together with platforms such as SkyWater, GlobalFoundries, and IHP, the availability of such alternative device technologies is vital for the global OSS design community.
On 24–25 September 2025, Kyushu University, TOKAI RIKA, OpenSUSI, and ISHI-Kaian OSS design community in Japan, jointly held a hands-on design seminar using the TR-1-μm open source PDK [read more...]
FIG: (a) and (b) The GDSIIs made by the hands-on design seminar at Kyushu University.

References:
[1] "OpenSUSI/TR-1um" GitHub. [Online]. Available: https://github.com/OpenSUSI/TR-1um
[2] "Tokai Rika" Tokai Rika. [Online]. Available: https://www.tokai-rika.co.jp/en/
[3] "Education Center for Semiconductors and Value Creation" Kyushu University. [Online]. Available: https://ecsvc. ed.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/index.html
[4] "Security camp 2025 national convention | developing digital talent" IPA (Independent Administrative Agency for Information Processing Promotion). [Online]. Available: https://www.ipa.go.jp/jinzai/security-camp/2025/camp/zenkoku/index.html
[5] R. Brown, "Re: Open letter to the openSUSE Board, project and community (final)," openSUSE Mailing Lists, Jul. 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www. opensusi.org/open-letter

Jan 19, 2026

[mos-ak] [ICMC 2026] Call for Papers!


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  • AI or Machine Learning for model development, parameter extraction, circuit simulation efficiency, etc.
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Jan 16, 2026

2026 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Advanced Semiconductor Devices

2026 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Advanced Semiconductor Devices (AWAD 2026)
July 12-14, 2026
Asti Hotel Busan, Korea

Paper submission deadline: Apr 19, 2026

This annual workshop has been held alternately in Japan and Korea since 1993, and the AWAD 2026 Workshop will be the 33rd in workshop's series. The purposes of this workshop are to bring scientists and engineers together, actively engaged in advanced semiconductor devices and materials, and to discuss the present and future device processing and related technologies. The workshop will cover the entire field of semiconductor devices and materials, from fundamental physics to recent improvements in device performance and processing technology [read more...

[For Korean Participants] AWAD 학회는 BK21 Four 규정에 따른 국제학회입니다.

AWAD 2026 Venue
Asti Hotel Busan
[48733] 7-8, Jungang-daero 214
beon-gil, Dong-gu,
Busan, Republic of Korea

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: Apr 19, 2026
Acceptance notification: May , 2026
Author registration: June, 2026
Advance registration: June, 2026
Topics of Interest
  • Advanced semiconductor technologies
  • MOS logic and memory devices
  • Characterization and simulation
  • Quantum devices and computing technologies
  • Compound semiconductor materials and devices
  • Optoelectronics, displays, and imagers
  • Nano, 2D materials, and wearable devices
  • Power electronic devices
  • Neuromorphic devices and compute technologies
  • Advanced packaging technologies
Organized by 
  • The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE), Korea 
  • The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE-ES), Japan
  • IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Seoul Section Chapter